卡罗尔·希尔兹的小说《斯旺》解析

Decode Mary Swann by Carol Shields

卡罗尔.希尔兹的小说《斯旺》采用了多视角叙事手法,小说中充满了迷。作者在探究激发读者的强大力量的同时,也探究了艺术本质的神秘。福科的作者功能理论在这部小说中有很好的体现。小说中四个主要人物为了达到各自不同的目的,在思索与困惑中对女诗人斯旺的生活与作品进行了一定的曲解与擅用。小说采用的讽刺手法对学术界的自负进行了深刻的剖析。

Mary Swann by Carol Shields adopts a multi-perspective narrative, teeming with puzzles. Carol inquired into the innermost passion of every man, while probing the mystery of arts itself. Four characters in the novel, in pursuit of their respective goals, had misinterpreted and made use of the living and works of poetess Swann. In the novel, Carol employed satiric skills to dissect the universal overconfidence in academic circles.